Sexto Idus Januárii. Luna

Sexto Idus Januárii. Luna. The Eighth Day of January. The Night of the Moon.

Venétiis deposítio sancti Lauréntii Justiniáni, primi Patriárchæ urbis ejúsdem et Confessóris; quem, doctrína et supérnis divínæ sapiéntiæ charismátibus copiosíssime replétum, Alexánder Octávus, Póntifex Máximus, in Sanctórum númerum rétulit. Ipsíus autem festívitas Nonis Septémbris, quo die Cáthedram pontificálem ascéndit, potíssimum celebrátur.
At Venice, the death of St. Lawrence Justinian, confessor, first patriarch of that city. Eminent for learning, and abundantly filled with the heavenly gifts of divine wisdom, he was ranked among the saints by Alexander VIII. He is again mentioned on the 5th of September, on which day he ascended the pontifical throne.

Bellóvaci, in Gálliis, sanctórum Mártyrum Luciáni Presbyteri, Maximiáni et Juliáni. Horum duo últimi a persecutóribus gládio perémpti sunt; beátus autem Luciánus, qui, una cum sancto Dionysio, in Gálliam vénerat, et ipse, post nímiam cædem, cum Christi nomen viva voce confitéri non timuísset, priórum senténtiam excépit.
At Beauvais in France, the holy martyrs Lucian, priest, Maximian and Julian. The last two were killed with the sword by the persecutors; but blessed Lucian, who had come to France with St. Denis, after the slaughter of his companions, not fearing to confess the Name of Christ openly, received the same sentence of death.

Ratisbónæ, in Bavária, sancti Erhárdi Epíscopi.
At Ratisbon in Bavaria, St. Erhard, bishop.

Apud Nóricos sancti Severíni Abbátis, qui apud eam gentem Evangélium propagávit, et Noricórum dictus est Apóstolus. Ejus corpus ad Lucullánum prope Neápolim, in Campánia, divínitus delátum, inde póstea ad monastérium sancti Severíni translátum est.
Among the inhabitants of Noricum (now Austria), the abbot St. Severin, who propagated the Gospel in that country, and is called its apostle. By divine power his body was carried to Lucullano, near Naples, and thence transferred to the monastery of St. Severin.